Hermana Jessica Thompson - Mexico Cuidad Juarez Mission

Hola mis amores! This week went good. I was a little bummed out to see that we weren't able to get out and about as much as I thought. But I am glad for the time I have had in Pradera Dorada. I got to see a few of my favorite people and say goodbye. I have learned a lot from them here. They taught me the importance of living true to what you believe and living it! They taught me to love more the atonement of Christ. I noticed that I got better and better and repentance and am starting to understand more of Christs atonement. I am so very thankful for it. This week I thought a lot about my ancestors and the pioneers. I am so grateful for their sacrifice and all they went through so that I could be born into the Gospel. I owe all I have to them and to God. I hope that I have made them proud with my time here. It helped me understand that everything God puts in front of us is to help us grow and that I can always look at life with a posit...

Hola todos!! This week went fairly well. We started the week well and went okay after we received the news of my companions foot. We spent this last weekend in the house. My companion tore a ligament in her foot and is a little delicate right now. We weren't able to walk all weekend. This week we were given permission to leave to walk to lunch and to our important appointments. minimal walking. It was a little hard on me to hear that this last week and a half of my mission would be a lot harder for us to walk around and preach the gospel like I had been used to for the past 17 months. But I got to reflecting while we sat at home. I thought about my whole mission and what a blessing every single day has been, even the hard and difficult days that I didn't necessarily enjoy in that moment. I realized that every last moment had built up to my spiritual progress. I remember thinking how time passed slowly and I look back and realize how fast it truly did pass. I was glad that ...